CVE-1999-0475

medium

Description

A race condition in how procmail handles .procmailrc files allows a local user to read arbitrary files available to the user who is running procmail.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0475

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1999-04-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00178